Fishhook releaser



Mr 29, ,IB "m R. c. MUNGER 1,851,370

FI SHHOOK RELEASER Filed Aug. 4, 1930 INVENTOR Rob/e] i Manger VVTN E55 l Z F e M ATTORNEYS A Patented Mar.` 29, 1932 UNlTEosrAri-:s

Rosnay c. Menem, or nmmiqenm, attualita risn'oox Application med August M invention relates to a device for releasing sh hooks and in its broadest aspect contemplates the provision of a yoke-like element adapted for attachmenty to the end of a lo'ng B pole or rod so that it can be readily caused to engage and follow the linedown to the hook and to have suicient hold onthe line to push, laterally shift, or twist the latter in any manner required to disen a' e the hook.. l It is contemplate t at my device will be mounted on the end of a bamboo pole or a screw ointed sectional rod which will pro-v vide a ight but substantially rigid mounting to enable the device to be held in one hand and rigidly thrust forward or shifted .laterally or turned as occasion may require to disen a e the hook from snags,V trees or bushes.

i urther distinctive feature of my invention lies in the designing of `the yoke-like member so as to provide at the basesof the yoke a contracted openin into an enlarged opening in which the line 1s ada ted to be received when engaged by the device and which 1n holds the line positively against disen agement when the device is shifted latera y or twisted yet leaves the device free to be readily disengaged from the line by a downwardV movement such as isnot employed in connection with releasing the hook.

My invention further contemplates mountin the yoke member so as to overhang on one si e of the shank by means of which itis adapted to be attached to a pole or rod and I take advantage of thisoverhang to provide :grooved and notched transverselygasat -14 to 55 'a `hook which limbs, rocksor snags may be can h and A leasetehookt erefroni.- t,

A- further distinctive feature consists in providing the hook with a arded knife edge, preferably V-shaped van facin oppositely te the line en'gagin yoke, whic knife edge will 'act to cut sma branches' of trees or limbs of snags'when the hook cannot be otherwise disengaged therefrom.

My invention further comprises the novel detailsofconstruetion and arrangements of parts, which in their referred embodiment only are illustrated 1n thei accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, and in which y p ulled when necessaryv to rethe neck 7 into the opening 8. When thusfxz RELEASE" A4, issu. anni :np: Maese iment of in Aginventio 'llue- .to provide at itsy forwardiorffrpntend shaped yoke :,reiined between the' sidelined edges -5 andy 6, whichfterrnnatezstgacontracted neck''pgivifngfaccess to an enlar ed, in t8 .,fwhich isi at,fitsg.f'ofriimrdfv fen Y si e of i ,the yopening ei1taway tov-leva i A points 9V Jrejectingy inwardlyinto thev openg18. T e iside -jwalls 'fef-ith'ef'iopeiiingZ-B( and neck 7 and theejd es dandfsare allsmootl'i'or rounded vsothatt iey will not cut or y:wea the line when :in,contaet'ftheretlh 1g At the oppositeiend oftheplate L form i hook 10 and!4 preferably thisihook has itsgin- :nerfedge 11 straight? andy sharpenedv s o asi-sto y form with anQppOSitesharpened ed e 12 aiyshaped @knife edge, by meanaof1 which limbs Orsngs maybecut# fig 1" j AAtv one y corner; of I,theyfhooklend ;of thegde- Y vice I provide ashankjextension-l which is receive 'and' hold fa: A cord :i 15" by which the 'shank can be readily tied to the end of a bamboo lishingpole 16, as shown in Fig. 1, or to any suitable screw jointed sectional pole. zi

In utilizing m invention, having mounted it on a rod or po e when a hook is caught the yoke end is cause readily to engage the line and its bite will draw the line down through vengaged with the line so long as the line is Vhe d taut and the hoek ends which project v'beyond the line stand above the line, the latter is firmly engaged in the opening 8 and no twisting or lateralor forward thrusting porsi" other motion that may neceasaryto be iin- 10 rted to the line to disengage't-he hook will, The device.

sengage it-from the opening 8. however, can be readily disengafged from the line by deflecting the free end o the yoke below the line, whereupon the V-edges 5 and 6 ofthe yoke will engage and draw the-linel into position to pass out through the neck 7 and thus be disenga by any pushing or lateral movements of the releaser, the hook end of the latter can be brought into play to roll a log or rock over, or to ull down alarge limb, or its knife edge maly employed to cut the small snag or li t limbs of trees. Thus the device is apicable for all purposes incidental to reeasing a hook whether caught in a snag o'r tree and will eectually safeguard against the loss of the hooks or lures.

Though I have described with reat par-A ticularity the details ofthe embo iment of the invention herein shown, it is not to be construed that I am limited thereto, as changes in arrangement and substitution of equivalents may e'made* by those skilled in the art without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim is e 1. A fish hook releaser comprising a yokelike member having an opening cut out of its body portion and connected with the neck of the yoke by a contracted throat.

2. A fish hook releaser comprising a yokel 1 like member having an opening cut out of its body portion anda connected with the neck of the yo e by a contracted throat which pro- 'ects into the opening to deflect a line passing through the opening from accidental escape therefrom through lsaid throat.

3. A fish hook lreleasei' comprising a'lat plate having at one end a shank and having at its other end an inout notch forming a d from-the hook releaser. v When the hoo is caught in a tree, snag or' rock so that it cannot be readily disengagedV 

